Whether you're looking to go mainstream, indie, or pop-punk (yeah, we even threw something in for you guys), CL Music Editor Leilani Polk has got a show for you tonight, starting with…
O.A.R. (Of a Revolution) is a reggae-roots jam rock five-piece that is currently touring in support of their sixth studio album, All Sides, which came out last July and has been criticized for its overtly Top 40 feel. But seems to me that O.A.R. has always been headed in a vanilla-fied direction. Weds., Aug. 26, 8 p.m., Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, 1010 N. Macinnes Place, Tampa, $36, tbpac.org. — Leilani Polk
This article appears in Aug 19-25, 2009.